AFP Engage! User's Guide
Open Door's Service Location Architecture
Open Door Networks' mission is to provide Macintosh users with Internet
solutions which are as easy to use and as powerful as the Macintosh itself.
As part of that mission, Open Door Networks is hard at work towards the
goal of making Internet services as easy to find and access as other Macintosh
services, such as those on AppleTalk networks. AFP Engage! is a key piece
of Open Door's service location architecture. Other pieces include:
- Open Door's
central registry of publicly accessible AppleShare IP servers.
With Apple's new AppleShare IP product, AppleShare's ease-of-use is now
available over the Internet. However finding AppleShare IP servers on the
Internet remains a problem. Open Door's central registry is intended to
make it easier to find and access publicly available AppleShare IP servers.
The registry is especially powerful when combined with AFP Engage!
- Personal LogDoor and the
Web Sharing Chooser extension. Personal LogDoor works with personal
Web servers, like Apple's Personal Web Sharing, to provide real-time statistics
on access to those servers. Additionally, Personal LogDoor includes a registration
agent which can register a personal Web server on AppleTalk, where it can
be easily found through the Chooser using Open Door's Web Sharing Chooser
extension. Personal LogDoor and the Web Sharing Chooser extension eliminate
the need to find out and remember the cryptic URLs usually associated with
personal Web servers.
Open Door is also working on registration agents for AppleShare IP's
Web and FTP servers, and for other Web servers as well. These agents will
make these servers visible through the Chooser in much the same way as personal
Web servers running Personal LogDoor. For up to date information on these
agents, and an overview of Open Door's evolving service location architecture,
check http://www.opendoor.com/asip/
.
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